It doesn't make any difference running the installer under compatibility mode. If I remember correctly Magic the Gathering was always a rather buggy game. It must have been a tremendously complicated piece of programming with all the different cards so it is a shame that after all that effort they …

Hello Jorpho, I installed Win98SE in the virtual machine. I did think about putting Win95 in it just in case, but in the old days I didn't have any game which could run under Win98SE so couldn't see the point in going further back. I still have all the old original disks so once I'd worked out how/ …

Thanks very much for your suggestions Jorpho, My video card is a 1MB GeForce 210 Silent on a Dell Optiplex790 running XP SP3. I have followed your advice and installed MS Virtual PC 2004 with the additions pack. Then installed Fields of Fire. On first run it popped up a reminder about needing …

Hello Jorpho, thanks for the reply. Yes the game when installed had the 8-bit and 16-bit options which I think did refer to the graphics, so sorry for any confusion. I appreciate that Tankred was trying to get the program to run under Win7, but earlier suggestions were to try it in a virtual XP box. …

Hello, This is a great forum - I had no idea so many people like me still prefer to play these old games. Tankred, I also remember Fields of Fire: War Along the Mohawk. I don't know if you bought a new CD or a complete pack with the manual. I have the original. The manual states it was published in …